pear

pear is a ransomware group that operates a data-extortion approach, exfiltrating large data sets and threatening public release on the dark web to coerce payment. Victims claimed total 108, spanning Healthcare, Business Services, Manufacturing, Financial Services, and Technology sectors, with the United States, Jamaica, Canada, Switzerland, and Egypt as the most affected countries. A pattern in the recent reporting is large-scale data theft followed by public exposure, illustrated by the August 2026 attack on Arkansas Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons in which 2.1 terabytes of data were posted on the dark web.

Sectors: Healthcare, Business Services, Manufacturing · Countries: US, JM, CA